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MAYOR BORIS JOHNSON

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in World News | No Comments »

Well, it's happened. The London Mayoral elections have taken place and Boris Johnson is the winner. Quite frankly, good. Boriswatch.com has all the details and even sells Boris merchandise, but what Boriswatch also has is the song that I ...

SPLAT THE RAT

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in World News | No Comments »

I saw this in The Metro yesterday: "A rat which was electrocuted at an electricity sub-station caused a three-hour power cut at Stockholm's main railway station. The 11,000 volt shock in Sweden on Saturday actually blew the rat apart." Let's face ...

IF I WAS IN POLITICS…

Monday, May 28th, 2007 Posted in World News | No Comments »

...I'd take a leaf out of this guy's book: Joe Arpaio is the Maricopa County Sheriff (Arizona) and is continually re-elected. These are some of the reasons why: Sheriff Joe Arpaio created the "tent city jail" to save Arizona from spending ...